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Davies Hall to be Overhauled: The San Francisco Symphony has announced plans for a major $7 million to $9 million acoustic redesign of Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, fueled by a $3-million challenge grant from Gordon Getty. The 3,000-seat hall has had a reputation for troublesome sound since it opened in 1980. The plan proposed by acoustician R. Lawrence Kirkegaard would create a new canopy of adjustable reflectors over the stage and reconfigure the hall to a more rectangular shape. Construction is planned for 1992.